| HERRICK | Robert, poet born in 1591 who wrote A Nuptial Song (7) |
| REVENGE | 'The --', Tennyson's account of Sir Richard Grenville's fight with the Spanish fleet at Flores in 1591 (7) |
| BAMBA | "La ___" (traditional Mexican nuptials song) |
| WEDDINGBOUQUET | It's tossed after a nuptial ceremony |
| ELOPE | Take a nuptial flight |
| SOUTHEY | Robert --, Poet Laureate from 1813 to 1843 (7) |
| TERENCE | Latin comic poet born in Carthage who died in 159 BC (7) |
| BRIDGES | Robert -, poet laureate |
| TSELIOT | British poet, born in the United States, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1948 (1,1,5) |
| KIPLING | English author and poet born in India, best known for The Jungle Book and his Just So Stories (7,7) |
| RUDYARD | And 9 English author and poet born in India, best known for The Jungle Book and his Just So Stories (7,7) |
| DRAYTON | Michael ___, poet born in 1563 whose works include Poly-Olbion (7) |
| HERBERT | George, British metaphysical poet born in 1593 (7) |
| SITWELL | Edith, English poet born in 1887 noted for her Elizabethan dress and eccentric opinions (7) |
| COCTEAU | Jean, French artist, filmmaker and poet born in 1889 (7) |
| ROETHKE | Theodore, U.S. poet born in 1908 (7) |
| WHAUDEN | English-born poet born in 1907 whose poems include Funeral Blues (Stop All The Clocks) (1,1,5) |
| RANULPH | ____ Fiennes, explorer, writer and poet born in 1944 |
| BROWNING | Robert -; poet who wrote the Dramatic Lyrics collection (8) |
| GRAVES | Robert -, poet who authored 1929 autobiography Goodbye to All That (6) |
